The latest addition to the new look Green Lanes Shopping Centre has been revealed.

The Lounges restaurant and bar will occupy the newly created unit at the recently revamped entrance to the Barnstaple shopping centre, which formerly housed Topshop.

The Lounges hopes to open in Spring 2018, serving what they describe as "delicious food and vibrant cocktails all served in an exquisite interior".

The Racconto Lounge in Bury (Image: Antony Potts)

The brand operates over 100 restaurants across the UK, and according to Green Lanes owners Rockspring, are "renowned for their eye catching design, stylish cuisine and sensational cocktails".

Simon West, Assistant Director of Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP, managers of Green Lanes Shopping Centre said: “Having invested considerable capital into modernising the principle entrance to Green Lanes, we are delighted to have attracted an operator of the calibre of The Lounges to front the shopping centre.

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"We are confident that they will prove to be hugely popular within Barnstaple and look forward to working with them to provide an exciting food and beverage offer in Green Lanes."

The new look entrance to Green Lanes Shopping Centre in Barnstaple

Loungers was founded in 2002 by a trio of long standing friends, Dave Reid, Alex Reilley and Jake Bishop.

On their website it says: "Having spent years in the restaurant and bar trade – not to mention just as many propping up the bars in Bristol (all of course in the name of research) – they decided it was time they did their own thing.

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"The motivation was simple and very selfish; they wanted somewhere to drink themselves.

An example of a Loungers restaurant

"It’s hard to do our interiors justice if you’ve not experienced the singular pleasure of a Lounge, but sinking into a battered old club chair, under a tremendously tassel-y lampshade, overlooked by a huge Soviet era painting and an old family photo of a smiling swimmer being smeared with lard, on a crumbly wall with incredibly loud seventies wallpaper, goes some way to sum up the experience.

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"In a word, they’re potty. On a less potty, note, our in-house interior aficionados really aim to bring out the soul of the place, with sympathetic design and murals that celebrate the history and spirit of each local community."

The firm already operates three restaurants in Devon - Cosy Club and Puerto in Exeter and Visto in Torquay.